"I was kidnapped by a serial killer my dad used to... mentor. In the trade. He wanted to groom me into a killer. The first 'trial' I had to pass involved him stabbing me in the abdomen."
He turns slightly, lifting his t-shirt enough for her to see a pink line that is fully healed at this point but still shiny enough to be... recent. He drops his shirt back down. "The second trial was that he intended to murder my mother and sister with an axe. He left his tool bag behind. The only thing I could reach was a ball peen hammer. Not much use for breaking steel shackles but... it worked a trick breaking my hand so I could slip it out of the shackles." He looks at her. "That was actually more painful than the stabbing."
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"I was kidnapped by a serial killer my dad used to... mentor. In the trade. He wanted to groom me into a killer. The first 'trial' I had to pass involved him stabbing me in the abdomen."
He turns slightly, lifting his t-shirt enough for her to see a pink line that is fully healed at this point but still shiny enough to be... recent. He drops his shirt back down. "The second trial was that he intended to murder my mother and sister with an axe. He left his tool bag behind. The only thing I could reach was a ball peen hammer. Not much use for breaking steel shackles but... it worked a trick breaking my hand so I could slip it out of the shackles." He looks at her. "That was actually more painful than the stabbing."